That's why we shouldn't be surprised when leaders put up those tough and distant personas, as they look past people to deter any interaction.
Blending became harder as my life at home became more distant from the persona I projected.
Some men are under the illusion that women like the cold, distant "bad boy" persona.
But the character in "The Illusionist" is not Tati's familiar screen persona, the distant, self-contained Monsieur Hulot, but a more naturalistic, more emotionally complex figure.
Aging, with his one remaining daughter a cold and distant presence, Twain loses himself in his public persona.
His persona is fortressed: nonbelieving, meta-everything, unanxious, slow-going, distant, guarded, sardonic, nuanced.
Colonel Qaddafi has also built a persona, in particular as a revolutionary still tilting at distant colonial powers, that in some ways resonates with Libyans who remember their bitter experiences under Italian rule.
In the Persona 4 manga, he is named and is depicted as a distant but otherwise friendly teenager due having to move frequently as a result of his parents' changing careers.
The persona is going to get larger and larger, and more and more distant from him and the way he used to live his life.
Even some voters recognize the disconnect between Mr. Romney's private persona (funny, self-deprecating, warm, say aides) and his public one (awkward and distant at times).
